Addenda, 1586-7

[The following papers have been inadvertently omitted from
their proper places.]

Jan. 25./Feb. 4.

Form of oath by the deputies of the States General for the
observance of the treaty concluded with the queen on the 10th
August, and ratified on the 4th September, and of obedience to
the earl of Leicester. (fn. 1)Copy. 1 p. Latin. [Treaty papers XXXIII., two copies.]

[1586.
June 25./July 5.]

The COUNCIL of STATE to the KING of POLAND. (fn. 2)
Acknowledge his letters of 10 March last, and assured that his
exhortations to peace proceed from goodwill, but fear that he
has been deceived by the misrepresentations of their enemies.
They were forced into war and the intercession of the emperor,
the king of France and the queen of England had no weight with
the king of Spain, who obstinately refused to allow liberty of
conscience to his subjects, so that all hope of reconciliation
proved vain. They have since made a league with the queen of
England and cannot decide anything concerning war or peace of
themselves. Beg him to think well of them and their cause.
Copy. p. Latin. [S.P. For. Archives XC., p. 150.]

1586.
Aug. 11/21.

COUNT EDZARD of EAST FRIESLAND to LEICESTER.
Acknowledges his letter of 28th July on behalf of Haya
Maninga (fn. 3) ; refers to Sonoy's letters on the same subject of the
1st and 28th April. (fn. 4) To the first a suitable and proper answer
had been sent, (fn. 5) which Sonoy had doubtless shown to H.E. Has
nothing to add to that letter. The case is one for the decision
of the Holy Roman Empire, to which it has been referred, and it
is necessary to await the decision. Hopes H.E. will be satisfied
with the explanation.From his house, the 21st August, 1586.
Copy. Endd. States of Friesland to the Earl of Leicester.
German. 2 pp. [Holland IX. 84a.]

Aug. 24./Sept. 3.

Reply of the Council of State to the propositions made to them
by M. Wilkes, ambassador of the queen of England on the 18th
August, 1586. Thirteen propositions concerning revenues of the
Low Countries, pay of the troops, troops required, cost of
maintaining army in the field.
14 pp. [Treaty papers XXXIII., two copies.]

GREGORY SHEFFIELD to SIR JOHN CONWAY, governor of Ostend. (fn. 6)
Having suffered great and grievous punishment, and been
thereby brought into much misery, his only hope has been in his
worship's coming, whom he prays to hear his cause and consider
his miserable state. [Undated.]
p. One of the Conway papers. [Holland XIII. 133.]

March 4/14.

THE STATES OF ZEELAND to [SIR JOHN CONWAY].
The Council of States having authorised them to withdraw
the companies of Captain Rancy and "Dailleurs," for the
assurance of the country of Tertolle and the town of Bergen-op-Zoom,
which they think will be besieged, they have written to the
lieutenants of these companies, to transfer themselves towards
their quarters, to serve when it shall be needful. Pray him
therefore to suffer them to depart with the first tide. If he thinks
it best to send them Capt. Dominick "Dailleurs," it will be all
one to them, and they beg him to appoint him to the said end,
as the enemy seems "ready to attend some enterprise upon
the town and country aforesaid."Middelburg, 14 March, 1587.
Signed, P. Rychert ; and for the States of Zeeland, "by me,
Roelsius" [mis-copied Roelleells].
English translation. p. [Ibid. XIII. 128.]

Footnotes

2. This would appear to be the reply given to the Polish Ambassador,
Christopher Glookomus, on the 5th July, N.S., with Leicester's approval,
although the date of the king's letter is there given as the 24 March.
Japikse : Resolution der Staaten Generaal, Vol. V., pp. 275-6. A more lengthy
reply from the States General and dated 2 July is given by Bor : Ned. Oorlogen
Bk. xxi., fol. 34.